24 December 19, 2006 Byron Shire Echo www.echo.net.au Articles Victoria Cosford reviews the year menu by menu ZPVS!MPDBM!GVSOJUVSF! '!UJNCFS!TQFDJBMJTU If food be the music of love, play on >Â˜>}iÂ“iÂ˜ĂŒĂŠ>Â˜`ĂŠĂƒĂŒ>vvĂŠ>ĂŒĂŠĂŒÂ…iĂŠ/ÂˆÂ“LiĂ€ĂŠEĂŠ-Â?>LĂŠ >VĂŒÂœĂ€ĂžĂŠĂœÂˆĂƒÂ…ĂŠ iĂ›iĂ€ĂžÂœÂ˜iĂŠ>ĂŠ iĂ€Ă€ĂžĂŠ Â…Ă€ÂˆĂƒĂŒÂ“>ĂƒĂŠ>Â˜`ĂŠ>ĂŠ >ÂŤÂŤĂžĂŠ iĂœĂŠ9i>Ă€ W ith the winding down of the year, it is always satisfying to indulge in a review of it all â€“ the high moments and the low, the comings and goings. The old Tabernacle/ lâ€™Academie/ThaiPhoenix space is still up for grabs, with a large sign pathetically inviting someone to utilise that perfectly good restaurant, for Godâ€™s sake, although rumour has it that it is haunted, with former waitresses describing apparitions in wall mirrors and a strange uncomfortable atmosphere upon entering it. (Maybe it is the lingering essences of the lost and jobless souls still trailing all the way up there in the belief that Centrelink has its base in the complex....). Its former ocean views have been swallowed up by the ediďŹ ce-in-progress before it, which may well make the ghosts positively mirthful. The Balcony continues to boom and buzz, the best use for which that space has been made, a place which oozes atmosphere and fun. Newcomer Offshore Bar and Bistro has become somewhat of a favourite of mine in the old Restaurant Wild site heading east down Lawson Street. Â?ÂœĂƒi`ĂŠ Â…Ă€ÂˆĂƒĂŒÂ“>ĂƒĂŠ Ă›i]ĂŠ Ă€iÂœÂŤiÂ˜ĂŠ7i`Â˜iĂƒ`>ĂžĂŠ >Â˜Ă•>Ă€ĂžĂŠĂŽ *Â…\ĂŠĂŠĂˆĂˆn{ĂŠĂŽĂˆĂˆÂŁĂŠ >Ă?\ĂŠĂˆĂˆn{ĂŠĂŽnnĂ¤ Ă•LÂˆÂ?iiĂŠ Ă›i]ĂŠ 1 1 9 ĂœĂœĂœÂ°ĂŒÂˆÂ“LiĂ€ĂƒÂ?>Lv>VĂŒÂœĂ€ĂžÂ°VÂœÂ“Â°>Ă• Take a leaf out of our book... Art d â€™echo ĂˆĂˆn{ĂŠÂŁĂ‡Ă‡Ă‡ / " 1 ĂŠ ĂŠ -/", ĂŠ "7 ; ; ; ; ; ; D %# D $ D $ $ D $ # $ D $ $ D 1/)< ,)%64)< 5< .%5/%5< #-()5'4))05< #%5,-0+< %',-0)5 D # $ D D # $ D $ ( $ #$ D ' #$ ) # % )%6)45< -'419%8)5< " " < %/)4%5 D %4&)37)5< $ D #% & D D ' $ $ D # # % D && #$ D 1/)< **-')< 4-(+)5< -5,9%5,)45